Floor-cleaning machine.



R N R.m o EA IM DG 0N 0I Gm IE Wm mm m F APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 28, 1900.

Patented sept. 29, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET L G. W. GooDIER. l(

FLooR CLEANING MAGHINE.

` APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1900.

899,725. Patent-ea s 9,1908.

2 SHE -SHEBT 2.

INT/ENT@ j; 'Eop Mum@ fammi To alzano-m e may Daam- 1 '1 i A without noise `or dust, and I do dec are that .GEORGE WILLIAM GOODIER,

or UTIoA, New YORK, AssIeNoa` 'ro IIYeIENIc FLOOR MACHINE COMPANY, OFl U'rIoA, NEW YORK.

,FLOOR-cnE-ANING MAcHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.r

Patented sept. 29, isos.

Appnqtionmearretfmy 28,11900. serial No. `ases.

`Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM GOODIER, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and resident of Utica, `Oneida county, New York, have invented certain new and useful'. Im rovments in Floor- CleaningMachines, o which the following` is as eciication."y 1 1 y invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus f or cleaning the surface of fiioors, windows &c., whereby the endmay be accomplished rapidly and thoroughly and the lfollowing, is a full, clear and exact descrlption thereof, such as" to ,enable `one skil ed in the art to make vand use fthe same,

' reference being had to the accompanying vlew on line x lines fr x of drawin s in which like figures and letters reshowing themeans by which-the apparatus is operated. Fi 4 is -a bottom view of the portion ofthe andle whereit isattached to the'frame. Fig. 5y is a sectionalview on the Fig. 1. Fig. 6 isla perspective view of a portion of the operatingmechan'- ism. Fig.' 7 is a view of a particular member ofthe device foroperating the ,detenta ".Fig. 8,is a sectional view of one offthe rollers show-V ing the means bywhich theclothisattached thereto. 1`ig.9 is a perspective 4view of the same. Fig.. 10 `is a longitudinalV sectional view of the end of-the roller showin its axle orA bearing. Fig". 11 shows a 'mod' ed-y conf` struction.

Referring tothe ii'gures more in detail LB represents two strips' of metal'so shapedv as to form theframe -o myfcleanin apparatus. They are attached to the hand e Abythe bolts b b and. from the sides ofthe handle they are bent outwardly for a suitable distance and then in the line ofthe length of thev handle and each `is terminated at. a point where the front roller of the machineis supported therein by suitable bearings. A

C, D and E are cross rods iixedly attached to the frame pieces so as .to lgive stabilit to the structure. F, G and I-I'represent'ro 1ers4 which are j ournaled in these frame pieces so as to turn freely on( their "bearings The bearing m wherever employed, consists ofa pin loosely inserted in an axial recess in the M ofFig. 1 the frame kB removed. Fig.v 3 is aside view` ofthe handle# en d ofthe roller and is held in projection by coll spring 9. The side of the bearing or axis 1s -cut away at 7 and the peg 8 is driven through the roller and the space 7 thereby preventing-,the pin from dropping outv of its recess, but movement. he pu ose of the bearing is to facilitatethe remova ofthe rollers from the frame and one such bearing on each roller may bejsuflicient while the other end of the roller is ,secured to the frame in any manner which will answer the purpose and permit free movement. i

I represents a projectionof the handle, integral therewith or otherwise, and which I have represented as being ametal iece fastened into the end of the wooden andle A vwith the/bolts gp. Through its outer ex'- tremity I pass t e rod C, thus adding stability to the frame. y

I is a lever ivoted in the handle A at t'.

'is connected at k a rod L which extends to the Yotherend oftthe handle and is there attached too erate the mechanism as hereafter shown. In t e form represented the rod L is not integral, but is attached to the lever I by a connecting piece K pivoted at 7c to the lever I and rovide at theother'end with screw threads or engaging the rod L before the connection piece 1s attached 'to the lever I. At a suitable place on thebottom ofthe handle A, is fastened a spiral spring N at O, the other end of which spring is attached'to the dog M on the rod L and the effect of which is to hold the lever I inv the position shown in Fig. 3. In the piece P is j ournaled one end of the rod frameon the side where the o erating mechanism is to be placed.- At t e end of this rodwhich is journaled in piece P is xedly permitting free, longitudinal This handle is ormed with an elbow to which:

S .the other. end of which is journaled in the attached an arm R, in the free end of whichIv 4 site` the arm R. At the outer extremityl olf -the arm T is pivotally attached a Ontheouter ends of the rollers F an G are ixedly attached ratchet wheels U and V respectively.

Y The action of the leverI when ressed to .y lthe handleI A draws the rod L an the arm R to which it is attached and at the same time it thrusts forward the arm T and the pawl Z, which being in engagement with the ratchet wheel U, turns the roller F as indi-- lI have represented by the clips or sprin s 11 which-are fastened in the roller at 12 an lare furnished with the teeth 13. The other end of the cloth has'been likewise attached tor the struction indicated for roller roller will be roller'G when wound thereon, Any other suitable meansfor 'removably attaching the cloth may be em loyed.' The cloth may be wound on the rollers in a different direction,

ut itis preferably wound so that when theb .a paratus is ushed over the surface to be eaned, it w' passover the contact roller in the direction opposite to its frictional tendency.

The turning'of ro'ller F by the pawll and ratchet U winds the cloth when arranged as Il have'shown on to the roller F from the roller .G so that the soiled surface of the cloth is continually wound on theinside on roller F.

The third roller H is formed and mounted in the mannerv hereafter shown, and over it the cloth passes from the roller G` before it is assed to the 'roller F. The roller H may he omitted in the construction without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as -that lroller while it performs a useful function in the completed machineis not essential'to the operation. When that roller is not used the cleaning material may be wound on the roller G and passed therefrom to roller F. This construction is shown in 11. In such case the front A cprovided with the ratchet wheel connecte to the operative-parts and will have at its other end the articular coninFig. 1 andv roller G in Fig. 11. v

2 is an ar'm provided with a tooth at each end and which is pivotally mounted on the frame of the apparatus. At one end is a tooth a which engages with the ratchet Wheel U and on the other end is a tooth, b, which engages with the ratchet Wheel V. Integral Wit this arm 2 is a projecting arm '3 to which is a plied tension as hereafter.

shown whereby t e teeth a and b are held in contact with their res ective ratchets. When the pawl Z turns t e ratchet U the tooth a is (put out of engagement with its ratchet an correspondingly the tooth b is put out of engagement with itsratchet. The'action of pawl lis to draw the cloth on to the roller F and this is permitted by the disengagement of the tooth b with its ratchet wheel which is accomplished bythe passing of tooth arl over the teeth on ratchet eee,

wheel'U. When pawl Z is drawn back the J teeth' and t engagethe teeth of' their ratehet wheels and 1t 1s then impossible for `the roller' F to` reverse on the roller G to "unwind. When these teeth a and b are thus in engagement it is impossible that the cloth should -lpass from one roller to the other no matter in what manner or direction the apparatus is moved nor how reat the frictionmaybe, eventhough paw Z be out of engagement.

provide detent 4, which is pivotally attached i' to the frame at a suitable point by the side of arm 2, the free end of which is provided with a blunt tooth-4a which engages with the teeth on. the ratchet V and retards the turning of roller G. This detent is not essential to the efliciencyl of the apparatus p If, however, when thel lpawl] is thrust forward and teeth a and b since the operation of the lever will at once take up any slack in the cloth.

6'is a spring fastened `to the arm 3 at 3 and at the other end attached to the frame at The detent 4 and the spring 6vlie in -substantially the same vertical plane and the spring passes over and rests upon the detent. The tension of the spring thus holds the teeth at a and b on the. arm 2, and the tooth on the detent 4 each in its engagement;

5 is a lever pivotally attached to the side bar at the point 5a. On its inner surface it has a lug 5. In Fig. 2 the eeth b and 4n are shown in contact Wit the ratchet wheel V and in the position of lever 5 as shown in that figure, the lug 5c is supposed and intended to come agalnst arm 2 over which rests detent arm 4 with a slight space between the two. When lever 5 is turned to the right from the position shown in Fig. 2 the lug 5 lifts arm 2 and presses it lagalnst detent 4 which results in raising the teeth b and 4a out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet V'and also lifts tooth a out of engagement with ratchet U. In using the machine the action of pawll raises teeth a and b and there is enough clearance room between tooth b and detent 4 to permit this and not lift detent 4 clear; but when it is desired to put teeth a, b and 4u out of engagement lever 5 is to be used. When this is done and the teeth a, b and.4 are out of engagement with their respective ratchets and when pawl Z is raised out of engagement the cloth may be wound from one roller to the other interchangeably and by pushing in the bearing'either roller and the cloth may be removed.

Z is a casing fastened to the side bar at 2 z in which pawl Z operates and whichprevents 1 it from flying out of position and from sli ping over' the cogs whenin operation.. It also holds the pawl Z; closely `against the 5 ratchet when it has been thrust forward.

I do not wish toV be understood' as limiting myself to the employmentzandarrangement of the ,various operating vpartsof my apparatus nor .tothe use of the identical forms or combination of the saine..

F or the purpose of further protecting the furniture and v'voodv/orky from injury bythe apparatus I construct the front roller somewhat differently from the others.y The wooden `ortion of-,the'roller is made shorter and the rame is bentinwardly to `itsbearirngon the'wooden portion of the roller. Around the wooden portionof the roller is acovering W of' 'felt or othersoft material offsuitable thickness for the purpose andwhich 'extends beyond the end of thewooden portion ofthe roller where the frame is bentin. Ihe result isthat I have the cloth assing over the roller covering, which is ma e somewhat soft and` fiexible and theapparatus may be therefore crowded into the, corners of the floor without doing any injury since the end ofthe framev has been bent in to its bearing within the end of the roller when thus completely put togetlier. 3

What I claim as new -and'desire to secure by Letters Patent is z-.- .I 'I

1. In a cleaning machine, a frame, rollers removably journaled therein, cloth removably attached to theroller's and vpassing .be-

tween them, ratchet wheels on the rollers, a pawl adapted to engageone ofthe wheels,

toothed levers `engagln the ratchet Wheels and adapted to limit tIierevolutionof the 40 rollers, means for holding the teeth in( contact with the ratchet wheels `andmeans for actuating the pawl, in combination, substantially asset forth. l 2. In a cleaning machine, a frame,- a handle vattached thereto, rollers journaled in' lthe frame, cleaning materialwound between the rollers, a ratchet wheelonthe end of .one of the rollers, a pawl arranged to operate therewith, means for limiting the revolution` of the rollers, and a leverattachedto the ,handle` connected with the pawl and adapted to operatethe same, in combination, substantially vasset forth. v

3. In a cleaning machine, a handle, a

frame, `rollers journaled therein, af'cleaning material attached atits ends to the rollers adapted to be woundfrom `one roller to the other, ratchet wheels Aon the corresponding ends of thero'llers, a pawl inA engagement l with the ratchet Wheelfof one roller, means for actuatmg thepawl by a lever provided at4 the handleof the apparatus, a' Vtoothed lever engaging at the ends/with the teeth .on the `ratchet wheels, a spring `adapted tovhold the handle, rollers journa teethin contact with the rollers, and a detent adapted to retard the rollers, in combination, substantially as set forth. f

4. InaA cleaning machine, a frame, rollers `journaled therein, cleaning material removj ably attached to the rollers, a handle, a lever provided 'on the handle in operative connection With'and adapted to control the actuating mechanism of the rollers, said mechanism comprising a pawl engaging one of the rollers and connected. with the handle and a pivoted arm toothed at its ends, enga ing means on the rollers `adapted to engage t e teeth of the pawl andthe arm, a spring adapted to press the teeth to their respective engagements, in combination, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cleaningmachine, a handle, a frame, an actuating ratchet-bearing roller journaled therein, a pawl adaptedto engage therewith,

means to o erate the pawl from the handle of the mac ine, a second roller journaled in the frame, cleaning material `removably vwound upon said second roller and adapted to be unwound therefrom and onto the actuating roller, and means for retarding the unwlnding of `the cleaning material-to the speed of the actuating roller, in combination, vsubstantially'as set forth.

6. Inv a `cleaning apparatus, -a handle, a

l frame', rollers jou'rnaled therein, the front the other being turned by the winding of the'l cloth, and means for retarding the unwind- Aing roller to correspond with the; movement of the winding roller, in combination, -subvstantially' as set forth. f

8.- In a cleaning machine, a frame, rollers removably supported therein, va cleaning material wound interchangeably on the rollers, pawl-engagin means mounted on one of the rollers, a paw ,means for operating the pawl from the handle, a handle, and meansV for holding the rollers in xed position when not veo actuated by the pawl, in' combination, substantially as set forth.

"9. Ina cleaning machine, a frame, rollers journaled therein,` a handle, a grip on the handle, a cleaning fabric removably attached e to the rollers, members operatively connecting the rollers and the gripfor Winding the fabric on lthe rollers and means for prevent- 1o 1 T. corel and a cleanlng j wound on the rollers and adapted' to be wound from one roller to another, and meansy ing the .Winding of the fabric'except as caused providedto. carr the devices-upon the sur` face to be Acleane and being constructed w1t h a wooden core and having a covering of ph' substantiall as set forth.4 10. `In a evice ofthe character described,

by operation of said. grlp, m combination,

a plurality of rollers, one of the same beingv able materiall extending-at one end beyond the wooden core, av framesuppo'rting thesald.

material removably for actuating and controlling the rollers, substantiallyas shown.

11. In a cleaning ap aratus, a handle, a frame, rollers ljournale therein, the front roller Acomprising a shortened wooden core and` a pliable eoverin thereon of the same length as the other ro er, the adjacent end of the/frame being bent inward to support as set forth.

\\ Signed by me at Utica, New York, this 24 day of February 1900.

G. WILLIAM GOODIER. Witnesses: f

PHEBEVA. TANNER, E. M. ANTISDEL. 

